Calculating your LED light strip power needs

This is where some math is going to be needed, but this math is even easier than figuring out the fifteen percent tip at restaurants, I promise! So let's say you've picked out a strip already. each strip also lists its power consumption in watts per foot. In our little hypothetical shopping scenario here, you'll be picking out the 5050 regular density strip, and you've decided that for your project you'll need thirty feet of lights. The 5050 regular density LED light strip is listed at two watts per foot, so for thirty feet of light, you'll be drawing sixty watts of power, and as it just so happens, we've got sixty watt power supplies!That formula again : (Strips Wattage per Foot) x (Total Feet of Strip) = Total power required (Watts)

The 12V rechargeable battery packs we offer are rated in milli-amp hours, either 3800 or 6000 milli-amp hours. To determine how many amps your strips are drawing, you'll need to find their wattage, so let's use a really easy example. A regular density 3528 LED light strip draws twenty-four watts, now take the wattage and divide it by twelve, that's your amp draw, or two amps. Now multiple your amp draw by one thousand, that's your milli-amp draw, so for the 3500 mAh rechargeable battery pack and a 3528 regular density LED light strip your battery pack will last 3500/2000=1.75 hours, or 104 minutes. Here's the general formula: (watt draw) / 12=A, A x 1000=M, Battery Pack Milli-amps / M= hours of battery life. I hope this helps you plan your battery pack outings!

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